Online results platform on global development
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had the ambition to present the results of Development Cooperation unambiguously and clearly. To the Chamber and the general public. Therefore, in 2015, the ministry put out a request for a content agency that could create one report out of more than 80 different PDFs, graphs, tables and texts of the various programmes as one integrated report.
Voxx picks up that gauntlet and develops an integrated report based on a clear content strategy. The online report becomes a fully web-based and responsive publication. All data is visualised and can be adjusted in real time. The report is published in Dutch and in English. All content, from images to editing, will be provided by our agency. Three more reports will follow the 2016 edition: 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Platform with real-time data
300 pages in 2 weeks
In 2 weeks, 8 editors took care of rewriting, correcting and translating some 300 pages of information. The Dutch and English texts form the basis for the substantiation of the policy.
Attention to SDGs
The SDGs aim to end global problems and challenges from poverty, inequality and equal rights to sustainable consumption and production, climate change and conflict management. The Netherlands is committed to achieving these goals, both domestically and globally. In 2019, a visualisation was developed that clarifies which themes support which SDGs.
data for visualisations
results in pictures
The challenge is both to visualise the amount of data in the right way and to bring consistency to the story. Each theme and each country must be free to show its own results in a way that fits. Without the reader losing sight of the forest for the trees. That is why we come up with a structure that is both unambiguous and flexible in the choice of certain displays of numbers, graphs and projects.
responsive and corporate identity
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The elements below form the main topics of the results report: data from 11 development themes, 17 SDGs and 20 developing countries.
"With this approach, everyone can get a clear picture of what we have achieved through one or a few clicks," he said.
Continuous improvement of OS reports
Voxx has been developing the online reports since 2015. Every year, we improve the reports through new and additional insights. In 2019, the ministry wants more room for storytelling. The projects implemented will have an important place. In close coordination with the ministry, we set the frameworks for the new reporting. In 2019, we have also chosen to add a new theme: Education gets its own page. In addition, the website will be critically re-examined in terms of security and accessibility.
300 pages visual summary
A single world map visually summarises several hundreds of pages of information. The user can approach the map in different ways: from each theme, one can see in which countries the results have been achieved, and from the countries, one can see which thematic areas are explained.
user research + linking OS data system
After we conducted an extensive user survey among our own staff, clients, the Lower House and NGOs, it turned out there was a need for more depth, more stories, one overview AND a link to a new (own) OS data system. That also means: a lot more information. Without overwhelming the user with data. How do you do that?
from wireframes to more storytelling
To clarify exactly which aspects needed more depth, and how best to shape that, we created wireframes. In a first online concept, we took the entire OS management through how we incorporated the main conclusions of the user research.
On the first page, visitors can find all the basic information: by country or theme. If one wants more information, a detailed explanation based on indicators follows. As these can be both quantitative and qualitative, we have devised a nice visualisation for both options. Much attention has also been paid to the SDGs of Dutch development policy.
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RVO supports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in missions, Partners in Business and entrepreneurs who want to do business abroad.
Dutch and English: Voxx writes both languages with equal ease. For the communication of Technology Park Ypenburg, we put that quality to use as well.